Dancing on Deansgate

Freda Lightfoot

Jul 2025 · A Salford Saga Book 4 · Bolinda · Narrated by Victoria Brazier

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Where there's community, there's courage ... Jess Delaney has always longed for independence. But when the Blitz reaches Manchester, she is locked in the cellar by her feckless mother, Lizzie. As bombs rain down from a sky turned blood red with flame, Jess waits for Lizzie to return. But fortunes are fickle, and soon Jess finds herself packed off to live with her tyrant Uncle Bernie, a bullying black marketeer. Though he treats her like a servant, she seeks refuge in the Sally Army, and her natural musical talent offers both an escape route and the chance for love. But Uncle Bernie never forgives his niece for refusing to join his illegal schemes and threatens to deprive Jess of her hard-won freedom once and for all.

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Sunday Times bestselling author Freda Lightfoot was born in Lancashire. She was a teacher, a bookseller in the Lake District, then a smallholder and began her writing career publishing short stories and articles before finding her vocation as a novelist. She published over fifty novels, mostly sagas and historical fiction. She died in 2025 aged 83, leaving a legacy of books that continue to be enjoyed by thousands of readers.

Victoria Brazier is an actress and narrator from Manchester. Her recent theatre work includes Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the musicals The Book Thief and Make Good, the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland and Abigail's Party. Victoria has also appeared in many BBC Radio Dramas. Her audiobook narrations include Regency romances, young adult fiction and contemporary and period novels set in the north of England.

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